I'm about to start building a ford 9 inch to go under the rear of my tj. In the mean time I'm goin to keep the Dana 35 under it. I know that the dana 35 is a weak axle to start with which is why I have not re-geared it.

The spider gears are shot and under a heavy load, 4 low and trying to back out of a creak that swallowed my front end I heard and felt the rear end pop. I drove it home and pulled the cover off this morning and everything looked great except the spider gears.

I know that people have welded spider gears before and it almost like putting in a spool. Maked it to where there is no differentiation between the two wheels and will make it incredibly un comfortable on the street.

Right now I am running 33x12.50 maxis buckshots with the stock 4.0, and 3.07 gears.